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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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